Tag Archives: heart

Dark is the night

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Dark is the night but your heart is a window lighting the world     © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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When I am wronged

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  When I am wronged help me guard against a brittle heart the greatest enemy of compassion   When I am wronged help me seek out justice not with vengeance, but with love   When I am wronged deepen my … Continue reading →

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The sky glows above

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  The sky glows above the mirror water glows below everywhere I look, all is light my heart steps into that light     © Meisaan Chan       Photo credit:  Betsy Devany, www.betsydevany.wordpress.com (a wonderful friend who writes for children of … Continue reading →

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Give it all to me

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Give it all to me your endless rage seas of weeping and sweeping fear; I did not build the heart to be a prison for your blind and lame and diseased but a chamber to be emptied out and … Continue reading →

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A focused mind

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  A focused mind must let go of everything else or it is not focused     © Meisaan Chan

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O David, my singing brother

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  O David, my singing brother aflame with canticles in the night fingers burning for the strings an unseen hand etching paeans of fire on your heart and you, barely breathing on your bed, wide-eyed, seeing everything even in the … Continue reading →

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Give it all to me.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Give it all to me. I did not create the heart to be a prison for your blind and lame and diseased but a chamber to be emptied out and filled eternally with me.     © Meisaan Chan  

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Sunset

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Liquid gold lines the clouds and as I gaze outward my tiny, brittle heart remembers its expanse       © Meisaan Chan

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Yes, you are helpless

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Yes, you are helpless and plans fall apart and people disappoint and promises aren’t kept and your body breaks down; all of these are gentle doors that open to my heart and only I am waiting to comfort you … Continue reading →

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Scrub off the grime on your heart

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Scrub off the grime on your heart; be vigilant, for it collects and scrubbing once only means that you’ve scrubbed once, while vigilance requires every moment     © Meisaan Chan

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